Tenses in Time Clauses

The video tutorial explains the use of future time clauses, emphasizing that future tense should not be used in time clauses. It provides examples and video scenarios to illustrate the correct usage of tenses in time clauses. The tutorial also covers how to combine sentences using time clauses and highlights the importance of maintaining present tense in time clauses, even when discussing future events.

Which sentence correctly uses a future time clause?

• When I arrive, I call you.

• When I arrive, I will call you.

• When I will arrive, I call you.

• When I will arrive, I will call you.

What word should be used in the sentence: 'When I got to my office, I ___ a bagel'?

• everyday

• now

• tomorrow

• yesterday

In a time clause expressing the future, which tense should be avoided?

• Simple present

• Future tense

• Past tense

• Present continuous

In the video example, what tense is used in the sentence: 'When you get to the office, I'll already be eating that bagel'?

• Future perfect

• Present perfect

• Future progressive

• Simple future

Why is simple present tense used in time clauses?

• Because it is the only tense that can express future actions

• Because it indicates a habitual action

• Because it is grammatically incorrect to use future tense

• Because it indicates a past action

What is the correct sentence: 'When I finish this course, I ___ the next course'?

• will start

• start

• have started

• am starting

How should the sentence 'My brother will graduate next year. Before that, I will start a new job' be combined using a time clause?

• By the time my brother graduates, I start a new job.

• By the time my brother will graduate, I will have started a new job.

• By the time my brother graduates, I will have started a new job.

• By the time my brother will graduate, I start a new job.

In the sentence 'While my brother is sleeping, I will be working', what tense is used in the time clause?

• Simple present

• Present progressive

• Future perfect

• Future progressive